I've heard that the ancient Greeks were the first and only culture to come up with the idea of maths for the sake of maths. Did they not get this idea from anyone else? Has any other culture independently come to the idea of mathematics that may not be "useful", but may be interesting for its own sake?

From what I understand, the Inquisition mainly used torture as a means to gain a confession out of those in their care, before ultimately executing them. For converting people, they usually used the fear that sparks from their name to do all the dirty work, but when that doesn't happen, do they result to torture?

How were they created, and why was it the Spaniards that created the organisation?

Have any of their members start having doubts about this being their gods' will, or somewhere along the line, and end up being on the receiving end of one of their colleagues' sessions? Were they dissolved because they took their witch hunts a bit too far by accusing someone high up, or were torturing/interrogating someone with a high rank in the monarchy?

I'm doing a paper on this trial and I'd like to know this. Did they know about his presence at the Posen speeches for instance?

I gather there was at least an attempt at universal suffrage elections before the October revolution: was it a serious attempt, do we know if the elections were fair, and if so how do we know?

What is the prevailing theory as to why Israel even attacked America in the first place? Israel shortly after did favors for America to gain their favor back so why attack in the first place? Very confusing to me

Your most memorable part of the film?

Edit: title should read "related" sorry.

I'm interested in expanding my knowledge about all things Norse. Currently I know very little but the concept of Vikings has always been fascinating to me. I'm hoping to find books relating to Norse culture, mythology, history, or warfare during the times when Vikings were most prevalent.

I don't know what books to look toward so some guidance here would be appreciated. I'm not looking for anything that's incredibly deep though because I am new to this subject and I want to taste several aspects of it in my leisure reading time.

Thanks for the help I do appreciate people taking their time to reply.

Why was the account of Turner's confession viewed as controversial among historians? Is it because of diction? Is it because Gray was a white man essentially "speaking word for word" for a man of color?

I know this is a ridiculous question but... fuck it right?

I'm thinking of white elites that would have estates in Virginia or elsewhere in the South and might have attended Colleges or Universities like William & Mary or UVA. Crazy idea but so is slavery in the first place, right?

I've always wondered this, and I've never found an answer. Seems a bit of an odd thing to do but there must have been a reason behind it, right?

It is said that during the Ming dynasty, the dominant language spoken was similar to Cantonese. Reconstructions of Middle Chinese from before that time sound much more like Cantonese than mandarin. Mandarin looks and sounds nothing like the Manchu language, but Qing officials were called mandarin.

I'm thinking of this more as a concept than as a discrete time in history. Since, in general, Western nobility would attempt to marry partners of similar status, it's logical that over time the number of connections between people increases. Even today people keep track of how closely related spouses are among the remaining royalty and gentry. Has anyone written about such a concept before and how it might have influenced interactions in a courtly setting, or the environment of other noble gatherings?

Was there a concerted effort by any peoples to bring in outsiders too negate the effect that disease and genocide had on their population?

Writing an essay on the freedom of information that the internet brings us, I have limited time to research. Thanks in advanced!